| Ani DiFranco – Lost Woman Song Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"on that sterile battlefield that sees only casualties never heroes my heart hit absolute zero lucille, your voice still sounds in me mine was a relatively easy tragedy" ^That part of the song is the best in my eyes. In a just a handful of lines, Ani sums up what (I believe)a woman goes through in making this decision and going through with it, better than any long winded speech I've ever heard. She is telling people that in addition to the termination of the life/potential life inside the woman, there is another casuality, and that is the mind and soul of the woman. She also compares the sterile table to a battlefield, but says there are no heroes, meaning that despite what opponents of abortion may think, this isn't something that women(atleast the vast majority)take lightly, and they don't feel good or liberated after going through it. This definitely isn't a "yay abortion" song/verse, and it serves as a cautionary tale to those who might think that abortion is an easy way out, a simple cure for your problems, or an eraser for your mistakes without cosequences beyond your doctor bill. Yes you have and deserve the choice, people make mistakes, but it shouldn't serve as carte blanche to act a fool...be careful out there. |
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| Le Tigre – Phanta Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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When I read the lyrics, what I get from it is that there is a landscape of little or nothing dangerous, but everybody is looking for a threat. Wait tower Radar's going off I see a small creature Who can barely walk My data says "large" But what I see is small Text reads "Big Danger" But this just looks tired I think "tower" is referring to a power or powerful entity, government or media. Something small, docile, and possibly injured, is spotted, but the info on this "creature" given by "tower" states that it is large, "big danger", and a major threat. Come in tower All our datas wrong Research inconsistent We misread it all There was no monstor And what's left is near dead Control killed a phantom From inside thier heads I think this is saying that all the info, data, and research on this "threat" is wrong or imcomplete. There wasn't a "monstor", never really was a threat at all. I believe "control" is another name for "tower" and the power that built up this "creature" as a threat. The "phantom" that "control" "killed from inside thier heads", is the idea of the "threat". So the power went about trying to destroy the "threat", by among other things, spreading propaganda of fear. This could refer to things such as the US government and Muslims, Nazis and Jews, the religious right/Republicans and homosexuals, the media and "dangerous" music/art, or any similar situations. As for "now here's alright" and "nowhere's alright", the first statement is saying this "place" is now "safe", and the second is saying nowhere is safe as long as things like this go on. |
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